duta besar
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of duta (“representative”) + besar (“great”). Compare with Sinitic 大使 (“ambassador”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]duta besar (first-person possessive duta besarku, second-person possessive duta besarmu, third-person possessive duta besarnya)
- (government, politics) ambassador.
- Synonym: mahaduta
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “duta besar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.